Work & commute · Charlevoix

Work & commute in Charlevoix, MI

Most working residents leave Charlevoix for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Charlevoix (20%), Petoskey (9%) and Bear Creek (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

65 of 602 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 537 Charlevoix residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 853 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charlevoix.

537live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

853work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charlevoix goes to work

Charlevoix1.2 mi away

20%121

Charlevoix (in town)right here

11%65

Petoskey13.5 mi away

9%57

Bear Creek18.4 mi away

5%29

East Jordan12.2 mi away

3%21

Boyne City14.7 mi away

3%21

Hayes6.4 mi away

3%20

Marion4.3 mi away

3%17

Resort12.8 mi away

2%14

Norwood5.1 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%225

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Charlevoix commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

42%

31%

20%

42%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charlevoix is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Charlevoix are

918 jobs are based in Charlevoix. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Charlevoix’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Charlevoix

918 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Charlevoix residents hold

602 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−44%

Jobs based in Charlevoix, 2011 → 2021: 1,640 → 918. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.